Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A notch or series of notches.
- noun In engineering, same as
gulleting . - noun In carpentry, a simple method of joining timbers in a frame, either by dovetails or by square joints or lap-joints. Calking, halving, and scarfing are forms of it.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of making notches; the act of cutting into small hollows.
- noun The small hollow, or hollows, cut; a notch or notches.
- noun (Carp.) A method of joining timbers, scantling, etc., by notching them, as at the ends, and overlapping or interlocking the notched portions.
- noun (Engin.) A method of excavating, as in a bank, by a series of cuttings side by side. See also
Gulleting .
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- verb Present participle of
notch .
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Examples
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The Giants 'own offense was wickedly dynamic in notching a season-high in points, in showcasing now-official game-breaker Hakeem Nicks and in keeping the Texans off the field.
Let the Good Times Roll Aditi Kinkhabwala 2010
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He struck out six and did not walk a batter, throwing 62 of 88 pitches for strikes in notching his fifth win in six starts.
USATODAY.com 2005
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He walked two and struck out five in notching his first win since April 20.
USATODAY.com 2003
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The 23-year-old lefthander struck out seven in notching his first win since August 13 -- a span of five starts.
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The righthander walked three and struck out five in notching his first career victory against Boston.
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Northwestern never trailed in notching its first win over a ranked team since defeating No. 14 Purdue, 54-50, in
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The image -- "notching" -- is to the notches on a gun a cowboy made for killing people, right?
Archive 2007-01-01 Ann Althouse 2007
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The image -- "notching" -- is to the notches on a gun a cowboy made for killing people, right?
"It is clear that Mrs. Clinton is far along in plotting a campaign." Ann Althouse 2007
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The credit-ratings firm doesn't intend to downgrade any of the four companies it rates AAA— Automatic Data Processing Inc., Exxon Mobil Corp., Johnson & Johnson and Microsoft Corp.—in lockstep with the sovereign, a practice called notching, said Ronald Narone , a managing director at S&P.
Firms Look to Raise Cash as Volatility Rises Matt Wirz 2011
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He did not like the idea of notching an arrow against Marphy or of standing against Vocar with bare swords-for no good reason save a lust to battle-Why had the men of the Eyrie drawn apart from their kind all these years?
Daybreak 2250 AD Norton, Andre 1952
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